Washing-machine



(No Model.)

- T PAYNE,

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 469,528. Patented Feb. 23, 1892.

PATENT OFFICE,

TIIOMAS PAYNE, OF vGRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,528, dated February 23, 1892.

Application tiled August S, 1891.

To a-ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS PAYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in XVashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of washing-machines with which the washing is done by means of a roller or rollers; and its objects are, first, to combine the effects of a pounder with that of a roller; second, to provide a machine with which the roller-frame has only a vertical motion and the tank or tub is passed back and forth under the rollers, and, third, to provide a roller washing-machine with which the tank or tub is independent of and may be readily removed from the supportingframe. I attain these results bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-m Figure 1 is an elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same with the tank cut off on theline xof Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line y q/ of Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

To support my improved Washingqnachine I construct a frame having two standards A A, provided at their upper ends with long open slots a, that receive and act as guides for the ends of the girts 7L 7L of the rollerframe. These standards are supported upon legs A', that are tied together by means of the girts a and a. On each side of the frame I attach a slide A2 to the inner surface of the standard and legs, so that they will rest upon the girts a at a proper height to receive and support the tank or tub B, which is made oblong and of a proper width to slide freely between the standards. I then construct a roller-frame H I-I, supported by girts 7a 71, that pass entirely through both side pieces and project far enough beyond so that the ends will pass into and through the slots a in the standards and act as guides to hold the frame in position, so that it may work freely up and down, but cannot be worked in the direction that the tank is carried. The side pieces of this frame are a proper distance apart to set freely inside of the tank between the side Serial No. 402.1581 (No model.)

walls thereof and have a roller I journaled to theirlower end, said roller being of a proper length to turn freely between said standards or side pieces II and of a proper size to revolve freely as the clothes pass under it, and avert all danger of its becoming clogged by or entangled in the clothes. This roller is turned round and smooth upon its surface, and in lieu of corrugations is provided with a series of short pins t', set at intervals in such positions and of a proper length, so that they will come in contact with the clothes with much the same effect that a pounder would have thereon, and I prefer that they stand alternately in lines diagonally across the surface of the roller, as shown in Fig. 2. It will be seen that with this construction the roller-frame is stationary so far as a lateral movement is concerned, but is left free to work up and down to adjust itself to the amount of clothes that may be placed in the tank, or to be removed entirely from the machine by lifting it up out of the slots A in the standards, while the tank and clothes are arranged to be carried back and forth under the roller by sliding the tank upon the slides A2, and to aceomplish this I mount two wheels orleversD and F upon a shaft G, to which they are securely attached, the shaft being journaled to vthe frame at each side to turn freely. The

wheel or lever F is placed directly under the center of the tank in line therewith, and is connected nthereto by a rope or cord E", one end of which is securely attached to one end of the bottom of the tank, and the other end is carried over and around the wheel and se1 curely attached to the other end of the tank, with the center or bite encircling the wheel in such a manner that the draft upon either end of the rope will be from the top of the wheel and as nearly parallel with the bottom of the tank as possible, as shown in Fig. 3, and to facilitate this action I find it well to proj ect the bottom of the tank beyond the end walls, as at b, and attach the ends of the rope or cord as far out as possible, and I find that the most convenient way to attach the rope is to make short slots o in the ends of the bottom for the reception of the rope and prevent the rope from drawing out by tying knots b2 in the ends to rest upon the upper surface of the bottom, though I do not restrict IOO myself to this manner of attachinpT it. I then secure theWheel or lever D to one end of the shaft Gr, outside of the frame in line with the lever C, which I pivot centrally to the standard A, as at C, and, securing one end of the rope or cord E to one end of the lever, I pass the other end down and around the wheel D and secure it to the other end of the lever C, so that by oscillating the lever C the Wheel D Will be made to revolve proportionately each Way and transmit the motion of the lever'C, through the cord E, the Wheel D, the shaft G, the wheel F, and the oord E', to the tank or tub B to give it a longitudinal vibratory motion upon its slides A2, so that when the lever is carried to the position'of the solid lines, Fig. 1, the tank will be carried to the position of the solid lines, and if the lever is carried to the 4position of the dotted lines the tank Will be carried to the position of the dotted lines at the opposite end of the slides, so that the clothes Will be carried alternately backward and forward underv the roller I. The most convenient Way to place the clothes into the tub or tank is to remove the rollerframe by slipping it up out of the slots a in the standard and placing the clothes in in folded layers, as indicated at ,l in Fig. 3, With sufficient snds to completely cover them when the roller is in position,as per dotted lines J.

To remove the tank from the frame, remove the roller-frame from the standard, then loosen the cord E from the bottom of the tank by slipping the ends b2 from the fastenings, and slide the tank endwise f rom between the standards.

Vater may be drawn out of the tank by means of the fai'icet K or any other suitable device.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, s-

l. The combination, in a Washing-machine, with a frame having slotted standards and slides attached thereto, of a movable tank, a lever centrally pivoted to the standard, a Wheel or lever D, attached to a shaft and connected with the lever C bya cord passing around the Wheel and attached to both ends of thelever, a shaft, a wheel F, attached to the shaft under the tank and connected therewith by means of a cord E', a roller-frame arranged to Work in the slots a, in the standards, anda roller, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a Washing-machine, 0f a frame having slotted standards, horizontal slides attached thereto, and a movable tank, with a lever centrally pivoted to one standard and connected by means of a cord with a wheel, a shaft, a wheel secured to the center of the shaft, said shaft journaled to the standards below the tank, the center Wheel attached to both ends of the tank by a cord,

a roller-frame havingr a vertical motion, and a roller provided with short pins dlspersed ,over its surface, substantially as and for` the 

